Papers of Nelson S. Spencer, Member and Legal Counsel of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Society of New York 1912-1928, and of the Philharmonic Symphony Society 1928-1934; Trustee, 1922-1925; Terms of the Pulitzer Bequest, 1913; Legal issues associated with change of Name of Philharmonic Society to Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York; Miscellaneous legal issues of the Society; Increase in the size of the Board of Directors following merger with the Symphony Society of New York, 1928; Legal issues associated with the merger of the two Societies in 1928; Death of Nelson S. Spencer November 1934

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